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Sacred Vow
is first and foremost a metaphysical love story,

a
tale of soul mates—twin flames—a journey toward our

one
true love…in its infinite expressions

…bringing together
two individuals from disparate realities—but

one
spirit—to heal the rift in the Collective Consciousness.

These excerpts are
between the leading characters, soul mates

living in different
dimensions, who have found each other, but their

journey to find each
other is far from over.

Spirit Mates

“There is a legend,” [Katerina
began], “that every so often the life-force of the Collective begins to
weaken because true bonding between couples—and people in general—is not
being practiced throughout the infinite parallel worlds that make up the
Collective Consciousness. Like all magic, when the magic of loving
commitment is not believed in, or not being practiced, it begins to fade
and die.

“Without
devotion among the people, one to another, the Collective can have no
radiance of life. It’s said that the Council of Crones perceived the
dwindling lifeforce and though they don’t openly acknowledge the legend,
they know the legend also says the Harmony Ceremony must be performed in
such times to receive direction from the Collective.

“The
Harmony Ceremony is one of very few ceremonial gatherings of the Council
in which a member of the Sisterhood lower than the rank of council
member or Crone Mother, such as an understudy, will ever be directly
involved. In the Harmony Ceremony, the understudy is included as the
psychic medium for the Collective. Few understudies over history have
been blessed with receiving the message of the Collective.”

“The
Council, Crone Mother, and her understudy gather in a special location
meditating and chanting for days, or however long it takes for the
understudy to be moved by the Collective, whether by vision, voice, or
other means. Once the understudy receives some message while in a
trance, it is up to the Crone Mother to interpret the purpose within the
message, and direct the understudy in the path to take after the
Harmony.

“I
received the verse of the Sacred Vow, and the Mother said it was
to be chanted from within the cottage several times per day while I
meditated. She said the vibrational characteristics of the verse would
help to heal the bonding rift in the Collective, that it would help
restore loving communication and commitment.”

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“The Sacred Vow verse was the Collective’s
communication this time, Katerina?”

“Yes,” she responded. “It’s not always the case, but the
legend is that it was also the message received by Crone Tara during the
first Harmony ceremony.”

“So, why do you think I received the verse in a dream
years ago?” Ian asked.

“Without being aware of what you were hearing, you were
more sensitive to the needs of the Collective than even the Council of
Crones. Years before the Harmony Ceremony, you were prepared to receive the
Call. Without a doubt you are one of only two people identified by the
Collective as being capable of helping resolve the fraying network of
emotional bonds within the Collective.

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“How am I supposed to be able to help the Collective,
Katerina, when I didn’t even know it had a problem?”

Katerina didn’t answer right away. She carefully weighed
her words when she said, “You know. It’s only that your cultural
experience hasn’t provided you with a means to express and understand what
you know. You have already seen that you know much more than you consciously
realize and are able to express in words.”

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C.G. Walters primarily writes fiction that focuses on the mystical,
metaphysical, and mythical insight that we all possess. He does not see
fiction as something less than truth, but as a means to induce the reader
into comfortably ‘allowing’ their personal truth—a living, ever progressing
truth, fit to their need at any given time—as opposed to a truth dictated
outside themselves. This philosophy is evident in his novel, Sacred
Vow (Dragon's Beard Publishing, ISBN: 978-0-9774271-4-7, $13.95,
Trade paperback, Fiction: Visionary/Metaphysical) available through US from
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